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The National Weather Service (NWS) Columbia office is looking for locals to take part in its Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network program.
Known by its acronym CoCoRaHS, the program uses volunteers across the country to measure rainfall, snowfall and hail in their backyard, school or job locations.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster County School District official praised an Andrew Jackson Middle School bus driver for his quick action and driving skills in avoiding what could have been a deadly accident Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the highway patrol is looking for the car and driver that caused the accident.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster man was sentenced this week to 35 years in prison without parole after pleading guilty to a shooting death at a Rock Hill motel in September.

Lancaster Women’s Club
The Lancaster Women’s Club will sponsor Jam’n for a Cure from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. March 23 at Famdamily’s Restaurant and Tavern, 1227 Great Falls Highway.
Admission is $5 and proceeds benefit Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society.
Featured bands include A Few Shots Down, The Pam Taylor Band, Eight Oh Tree and Element. Dance music will be provided by DJ J Dub. There will also be a raffle for several prizes.

My mother used to say, “No news means good news.” I have learned those words were not words of wisdom. No news means you are not aware of any bad news, which in turn means you are not living in the real world.
As I listen to local and world news of late I have learned that most everyone’s frame of mind is affected by money or lack of it.
Following are some of the tidbits that have caught my attention:

The last true remnant of freedom in this United States is our right to vote. We send our fellow residents to faraway countries to die on the battlefield to stop the enemies of this republic, who would deny that right.
We spend billions to support local, state and national governments that we trust will defend that right. Neighbors fall out with neighbors as the result of exercising that right. Cultural differences very often determine how we will execute that right.

Robert Howeyrhowey@thelancasternews.com
Each spring, Donna White, with the help of her committee, turns a negative into a positive.
The date for that switch this year is April 14.
That’s when the sixth annual Run for Ryan, a Kleine-Levin Syndrome fundraiser and awareness event that includes the county track meet, will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lancaster High School track.

Andrew Jackson State Park
Andrew Jackson State Park will host the annual Andrew Jackson Birthday Celebration 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 24. Take a stroll around the lawn to meet traditional crafters and re-enactors. Listen to the blasts of black powder guns during firing demonstrations by Revolutionary War re-enactors. See how everyday items now sold in retail stores were made by hand during President Andrew Jackson’s time.

University of South Carolina Lancaster
University of South Carolina Lancaster Diabetes Education Clinic, Carolina Literacy Network and the Catawba Lions Club are sponsoring a health screening for Diabetes Alert Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 27 at the Carole Ray Dowling Center on Hubbard Drive.
In 2011, the American Diabetes Association encouraged Americans to Join the Millions challenge and more than 600,000 people took the diabetes risk test.